| Deposit ID | 10279739 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 3510231018 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pocos De Caldas |
| Alternate or previous names | Pocos De Caldas,Minas Gerai |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -40.38222, -14.54767 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Minas Gerais(province)
Brazil(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Brazil | Minas Gerais |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal Critical | Primary |
| Plant (1) | -40.38222, -14.54767 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Year of first production | 1970 |
| Plant type | Smelter |
| Plant subcategory | Smelter-Pyrometallurgy |
| District name | Minas Gerais |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcoa Aluminio Sa |
| Home office | Brazil |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America |
| Interest | 79 |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Camargo Correa |
| Interest | 21 |
| Home office | Brazil |
| Year | 1985 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Published Rated Aluminum Metal Capacity 90000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1980-1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1980, 81 89000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1982-1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production; 1982 To 1985 90000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 91000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Aluminum Metal Production 93000 Mtpy Al Metal | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 3510231018 |
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILL
ALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",
CONTRACT # J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.
BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTS
WORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 47; PART II - SUMMARY,
PAGE 6.
BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINUM SMELTER DATA SHEETS,
1986, PAGE 155; 1988, PAGE 1.74.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MILS DATA IN THE "YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION" IS THE YEAR OF START-UP. DATA IN THIS DATA BASE FILE IS BASED ON THE 1987 ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY STUDY. DATE OF DATA IS AS OF 1987, 1988, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL GRADE DATA IS IN TERMS OF WT PCT CONTAINED ALUMINUM. CAPACITY DATA ON BOTH THE CONCENTRATOR "K" AND PRODUCT "P" DATA SETS IS IN TERMS OF MT OF ALUMINA CONS INPUT PER PER DAY, IE, "MT CONS/DAY". PRODUCT "P" DATA SET "OUTPUT" DATA IS IN TERMS OF MT ALUMINUM METAL PER DAY, IE, "MT COMMOD/DAY". TRANSPORTATION RECORDS 01, AND 02 WERE USED IN THE ALUMINUM AVAILABILITY STUDY, ECONOMIC EVALUATION. RECORDS 03 AND 02 WERE USED IN THE SUPPLY STUDY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-SEP-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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